The Federal government must come clean on the cost, open tender and who approved the TuJu road navigation application owned by LLM and developed by PCSB. The failure of TuJu has been a national embarrassment, after Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim banned civil servants from using Waze and replaced it with TuJu, following national sovereignty concerns and security risks of possible interference by the Israeli government.
TuJu was launched on Nov 26, 2025, as a locally developed highway navigation application through a collaboration between LLM and PCSB. TuJu has been under continuous development for 4 years since 2022. Questions are raised as to how the Prime Minister can be deceived to recommend TuJu when it is defective at best and completely unusable at worst.
An examination of the Board of Directors of PCSB reveal a line-up comprising some associated with the opposition parties. Whilst there is nothing wrong with opposition politicians getting government contracts, these Directors have no track record or any expertise in technology, software engineering or road navigation applications. They have no proven engineering background.
Was there a proper open tender exercise and due diligence carried out as well as who approved a failed TuJu road navigation application? So far the public is still asking the price of TuJu and how much was paid to develop TuJu. In the public interest, and to uphold the principle of accountability and transparency, the government must come clean to keep the reformist spirit alive.